Troy police charge son with father's murder

Patrick Mikes Jr. leaves the courtroom of 52-3 District Court Judge Lisa Asadoorian in Rochester Hills. Mikes was arraigned on three counts of unlawfully possessing and/or using financial transaction devices. (Tim Thompson/For the Daily Tribune)
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The son of a missing Troy man will be arraigned today on an open murder charge in the brutal death of his father.

Patrick Joseph Mikes Jr., 21, was arrested Wednesday by Troy Police in Rochester Hills and lodged in the Troy jail.

Investigators from the police department presented a warrant request to the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office related to the disappearance of Mikes Jr.’s father, Patrick Joseph Mikes Sr., 55.

Mikes Sr.’s body has not been recovered.

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Police said their warrant request was based on an investigation that included the recovery of an extensive amount of evidence from the scene, consultation with representatives of the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office, and a forensic analysis of a portion of the trace evidence by the Forensic Science Division of the Michigan State Police.

“We had numerous hurdles to overcome for the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office,” said Capt. Bob Redmond.

“We painstakingly worked through all those items. By getting the warrant we have met the extremely high burden set for us (by the Prosecutor).

“We are confident that Mr. Mikes Sr. was killed by his son.”

Mikes Jr., a student at the University of Notre Dame, was taken into custody without incident, police said.

Redmond noted that DNA evidence showed the blood of both father and son were mixed together at the house.

Earlier police said they found evidence of a “violent altercation” inside the house on Homewood Drive in Troy.

Redmond said Mikes Jr. — who lived with his father and brother Andrew, 16 — had “some injuries” when he met with police Sunday.

The case has taken several twists since news broke that Mikes Sr. had been missing since he was last seen riding his bike July 27. Police later changed the date. Mikes Sr., an accountant did not report for work July 27.

Patrick Mikes Jr. was then arrested shortly after his father was reported missing, charged with three counts of unlawfully possessing and/or using financial transaction devices, after he allegedly stole his brother’s credit card and used it to purchase food and movie tickets at the Great Lakes Crossing shopping mall in Auburn Hills.